Directing · Writing · age 90

Philip Kaufman

Best rated: The Right Stuff (7.8)

Films: 11
Avg rating: 6.79
Peak run: 1974’88
7+ run: 5 films

Films: 11
Avg rating: 6.79
Peak run: 1974’88
7+ run: 5 films

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The career

Philip Kaufman, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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196711 films2004

Current formLast 5: 6.46 vs career 6.79 (−0.33)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Philip by the numbers

Average

6.79

10 rated films

Vote weighted

6.82

bigger films count more

Median

7.1

half are better

Consistency

±0.76

rating spread

Career

38y

1967 to 2004

Total votes

362K

across every film

Best

7.8

The Right Stuff

Worst

5.3

Twisted

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2004	Twisted	5.3	26,089
2000	Quills	7.2	59,453
1993	Rising Sun	6.3	50,762
1990	Henry & June	6.3	15,064
1988	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	7.2	41,111
1983	The Right Stuff	7.8	68,608
1979	The Wanderers	7.3	13,664
1978	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	7.4	83,542
1974	The White Dawn	7.0	1,092
1972	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	6.1	2,652
1967	Fearless Frank	·	415

Better together?

Philip Kaufman's regulars

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Takes

On Philip Kaufman

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1989
Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman
Nominated

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